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letter March 9, 2020

-Monday-
*No Events

-Tuesday-
*V Baseball
*Softball

-Wednesday-
*Girls Lacrosse

-Thursday-
*Boys Tennis
*Track & Field
ANNOUNCEMENTS *JV/V Baseball

Visit bit.ly/riversidescholarships -Friday-

for updated scholarship *Softball
information. *V Baseball
*Girls Lacrosse
Check out the most
*Boys Lacrosse
recent Game Plan:
College Newsletter -Saturday-
here.(This link is updated each issue.) *No Events
-Coming up-
*3/25 S.I.T. Meeting
*3/26 End of 3rd Quarter
*3/27 Teacher Workday
*4/3 Report Cards
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Our teachers and students need your support. We are still collecting school supplies,
especially antibacterial gel, post-its, and antibacterial cleaning wipes. Supplies may be
brought to the main office.

If you wish to purchase any Baseball Apparel from the BSN store, the shop closes in a few
days. Here is the link if you wish to browse:
https://www.bsnteamsports.com/shop/6oVfAsA0Ru
Numerous people have inquired about acquiring a new baseball team hat. If you wish to
purchase one they are $25, that you can get through Coach Bryant. They are flex fit and we
have two sizes, SM-MD, and LG-XL.

Want to help improve literacy at Riverside? You’re in luck! The PTA is doing a year-long
book drive and we’ve asked the teachers to share the books they would like to include in
their classroom libraries. We have created an Amazon Wish List list to make it easy for folks to
contribute. Additionally, we’ve set up an Amazon Smile account so that when you purchase
the books, the PTA gets .5% of your purchase. All you have to do is make RHS the charity of
your choice. Just give it a click and see what amazing books you can find! New books will
be added throughout the year as teachers come up with new items.
***Here is the link to the wish list:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1737IY9E3CXGG?&sort=default
What a great way to give back to Riverside! All you have to do is shop and we do the rest. If
you like, you can send a free “gift card” with the books to let the teacher know who they are
from. The books are delivered to the PTA and we personally deliver them to the teachers.
Thank you so much for your consideration!

Riverside PTA's Pirates Treasure annual campaign is in full swing. Many thanks to those who
have contributed. We are halfway there, reaching the $5,000 mark. Please help us get all
the way to our $10,000 goal so we can fulfill our promises to our teachers and
students. Please click on the Pirates Treasure link to the left on the Riverside website or drop
your contribution off in the front office.
• Congratulations to the following students for their admission to the following colleges! Haley Carpenter at Mercer
University; Graham Curtis at UNC-Charlotte and NC State University; Kyle Hawkins at UNC-Charlotte; Aiden
Lamar is in at Virginia Tech ($3,000/yr); Abrianna Macklin has been admitted to NC A&T; Caleb Yueh is in
at Lehigh University! Congrats also to Cas Phoomsakha for being awarded a $7,000/yr scholarship to NCA&T!
• Congratulations to Summayah El Azzioui and Mimi Haase for being selected as Riverside's representatives to
compete for the SECU People Helping People scholarship. Good luck ladies!
• Congratulations to Sharonda Daniels for receiving NC State's prestigious Goodnight Scholarship - a full ride valued at
over $20,000/yr.
• Congratulations to the 5 Riverside students selected for Governor's School this summer! For natural Sciences Alena
Dastur, Isabelle Kuehn, and Arora Rohrbach. For chorus Emily Jackson. And for dance, Lindsey Sample.
• A task force of 5 students are working on the senior celebration superlatives ballot..
• There are several seniors involved in creating the senior slide show, including Graham Curtis, David Kozak, Olivia
Haynie, and Macey Owen.
• The next Riverside Engineering Parents Action Council (REPAC) meeting will be held Thursday, March 12 at 6 pm in
the Riverside media center.
• The ECHO program at Duke, a week long summer experience, hosted an information session this past Friday during
SMART lunch. Over a dozen students interested in exploring a career in electrical engineering attended.
• The REPAC website is now active. Parents are encouraged to consult this vast resource as a solution center for many
of your questions. https://www.repac-riverside.org/
• Selections for the first round of the lottery were announced Friday February 28. Lottery winners have been notified to
attend an obligatory orientation and registration session (by invitation only) between March 9 and March 25.
• Riverside was privileged to host yet another amazing, multi-disciplinary Speaker Day on Friday, February 28. Jeff and
Lauren from Balfour Beatty Construction, Mariana and Mara from the WashAID program at Duke, Anton from Valassis
Digital, Siobahn Day from NCA&T, Megen Hoenk and Donald Arant, from NC Railroad, and Riverside alumna/
University of Georgia student Sigrid Jensen Oyaski each provided delightful glimpses into college, careers, technology,
and history.
• It's impossible to pass from the topic of Speaker day without another shout out to ALL of our REPAC parents who both
ran hospitality and contributed food and gifts for our guests and faculty. Thank you Jill Bosecker and Doreen
Sanfelici, Linda Alling, Linda Walters, Karen Seifert, Kristen Brigman and everyone who pitched in with all the
goodies!
• 21 engineering students served in multiple capacities during the Science Olympiad at Riverside on February 29. We
thank Aiden Ehmann,, Aiden Lamar, Arora Rohrbach, Avery Kate Perz-Edwards, Easha Kuber, Ella Graham,
Ethan Lamar, Jairo Morales, Jenna Kelly, Kelly Armstrong, Kiki Kozak, Leiko Takahashi, Lilian Grosshans, Lily
Brigman, Macey Owen, Mary Walters, Megan, Molly and Patrick Pepper, Minna Fullenkamp, Nick
Seifert, and Sydney Pipeling for everything they did to make this another successful event for Riverside. Thanks to
the adults too - especially Alicia and Vic Pepper and Linda Walters, whose phenomenal organizational skills led to a
tremendous fundraising experience.
• 9 engineering students brought their energy and enthusiasm to the Habitat For Humanity project two weeks ago. Thank
you Robert Alling, Hannah Bernhardt, Jacob Dye, Henry Haase, Olivia Haynie, Esme Hernandez, Jackson
Lemons, Flyn Meadows and Josiah Neal for your community service!
• Computer Science students took the annual field trip to SAS this past Thursday.
• Parents - please be on the lookout for appeals to sign up as volunteers for staffing our spirit wear/parent info space
during registration/orientation sessions for incoming lottery students in the media center in March AND for selling
concessions at Durham Bulls games on Saturdays throughout the baseball season.
• Junior interviews continue in the Career Center. Students have been notified of the schedule and will receive passes.
• One final spirit order will be made in the spring. The offerings will include a new bumper magnet!
• Details and forms for the May 22 field trip to King's Dominion have been released. Bus seats and park tickets are
reserved on a first-come/first-served basis. The first bus is full and second bus is over half full. Mr. V will be collecting
permission forms, cash, and checks (made to REPAC) until March 31.
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